chapter 64

Many people at the banquet did not know Tang Anru and Qin Shu.

Now that Tang Anru said those words with tears, everyone began to discuss in whispers again, “Does the Uncle Qin refer to Qin Shu’s father?”

“As what Miss Tang was saying, the relationship between her and Qin Shu’s families should be pretty good in the past, but Miss Tang’s father was hit and killed by Qin Shu’s father in a car accident. Even if it didn’t refer to Qin Shu’s father, the person was surnamed Qin, so he should have something to do with Qin Shu.”

“So to speak, Qin Shu was also related to the death of Miss Tang’s parents, right?”

“Alas, Miss Tang is so pitiful. She lost both of her parents when she was young, it must be a tough life to her. She is so magnanimous that she doesn’t want to blame Qin Shu, Qin Shu instead pestered Miss Tang and refused to let her free. That’s the huge difference between them.”

For a time, many people sighed with emotion. Some felt sympathy for Tang Anru, while others despised Qin Shu.

Their attention was diverted to the car accident, and no one cared about what Tang Anru said about Qin Shu seduced Qi Mingran.

Qin Shu listened to those ear-piercing discussions and looked at the weak and pitiful Tang Anru. The latter kept saying that she had never blamed the Qin family, but in fact, she had intentionally or unintentionally revealed the car accident in public again and again, letting everyone around her know that the Qin family had killed her parents!

Qin Shu pushed Tang Anru’s hand away forcefully and revealed a mocking smile on her delicate face. “I don’t want to do this to you, but it’s not the same thing we’re discussing. Let’s just deal with one thing at a time. Although I’m a thick-skinned person, I can’t accept that everyone slanders me for seducing your boyfriend, so let’s just have an open talk.”

After she finished speaking, she directly took out her phone from her pocket and raised it to show to everyone. She calmly said, “Here are the records of my chat with Qi Mingran. I don’t mind showing them to you all.”

Everyone revealed looks of anticipation, but Tang Anru forced a smile. “Qin Shu, don’t do this. I really don’t blame you. I also believe that there is nothing between you and Mingran …”

“Pah!” Su Xiaoya put her hands on her hips and interrupted Tang Anru angrily. She was waiting for Tang Anru to say that. “You were deliberately saying that my darling Qin Shu seduced Qi Mingran on WeChat a moment ago. But now as soon as Qin Shu was going to show evidence, you just changed your words. You’re really disgusting! You wanted to bring shame on my darling friend, but now you’re pretending that we’re cool? No way!”

Tang Anru seemed to be frightened, with her shoulders trembling slightly. She bit her pink lips lightly and said, “I didn’t. I always believed in you, Qin Shu. I never wanted to slander you …”

“You believe in her, that doesn’t work!” Ling Mohan stared at Tang Anru with a fierce gaze. His gaze was extremely threatening, and there was even a trace of terrifying killing intent.

Little Qin Shu was his woman, he definitely wouldn’t allow anyone to slander her!

Under such a cold and solemn gaze, Tang Anru felt like her throat had been tightly grabbed by someone. She could not say a word, and her face was even paler than before.

Qin Shu looked at her coldly and did not doubt that Tang Anru might pretend to faint.

Ling Mohan directly took Qin Shu’s mobile phone and said to the lady who was wearing a righteous expression, “Come over.”

The lady frowned slightly and did not quite understand what he meant.

“Read the chat record word by word. Read it loudly!” Ling Mohan ordered with a serious face.

Qin Shu curled her red lips and smiled charmingly. “If your voice isn’t loud enough, we have microphones. Waiter, please bring a microphone over. Xiaoya, I remember that Qi Mingran is also at the banquet. He is an involved party, why don’t you help invite him over for me, so that people won’t be saying like that I defamed his reputation?”

Su Xiaoya laughed and gloated, saying into Qin Shu’s ears, “Darling, what an evil move you’re making! The scum man is sensitive about his reputation, if he hears someone read those disgusting words he said in public, he must be mad, right? Hahaha!”

Qin Shu shrugged. “So what? It’s none of my business.”

She had wanted to save reputation for Qi Mingran, but Tang Anru schemed against her and almost compromised Su Xiaoya’s reputation, so Qin Shu could only use Qi Mingran’s reputation to make up for it!

“Darling, wait here, I’ll call him over now.” Su Xiaoya blinked her big eyes and raised her cute smiling face. She happily lifted her skirt and ran to look for Qi Mingran.

This was not good. Tang Anru had said that she wanted to save the Qi family’s reputation and wouldn’t argue with Qin Shu, but Qin Shu started to take it seriously instead …

Thinking of this, Tang Anru bit her lower lip again and clenched her fists tightly. Her fingernails almost reached into her flesh, but she didn’t feel any pain.

Very quickly, Qi Mingran who was breathing fresh air on the balcony outside the banquet hall, was taken over by Su Xiaoya to stand in front of everyone.

“Mingran!” Tang Anru choked and gently threw herself into Qi Mingran’s arms, like a wronged child.

Qi Mingran’s eyes were filled with pity. He then frowned and scanned the surroundings. In the end, he landed his gaze on Qin Shu and Ling Mohan’s side. He suddenly felt that he was being stared at by an extremely cold gaze!

Qi Mingran trembled in his heart, but on the surface, he remained silent. He looked over under the pressure and happened to meet Ling Mohan’s gaze.

It was a pair of dark and cold eyes, containing a terrifying chill!

In an instant, Qi Mingran’s entire body tensed up. This was an instinctive precaution and vigilance a man would have when facing danger.

Qi Mingran was very impressed with Ling Mohan and knew that Qin Shu was with him, but he didn’t expect this person to be the commander in power of the First Military Industry Group!

Qi Mingran couldn’t help but hug Tang Anru tightly and asked Ling Mohan, “Colonel, what happened?”

Ling Mohan had already investigated Qi Mingran thoroughly, so he didn’t think highly of this person at all. He was even angry at Qin Shu for that she had such a bad taste. How could she fall for such a self-dramatizing man? The man was simply a shame for all men!

It didn’t matter. He would definitely not give Qi Mingran the slightest chance to get close to Little Qin Shu again. Little Qin Shu fully belonged to him, from her hair to the soles of her feet. No one else was allowed to think about having her!

Ling Mohan smiled coldly. “Miss Tang said that my secretary seduced you on WeChat and had an improper relationship with you. This has caused damage to the reputation of the employees of the military industry group, so I need to clarify it in public.”

“What?” Qi Mingran frowned heavily and looked down at the pitiful woman in his arms.

Tang Anru shook her head with tears in her eyes and whispered, “Mingran, believe me, I didn’t say that. But Qin Shu insisted on clarifying it. Perhaps she is still blaming us and doesn’t want to have anything to do with me.”

Her voice was very soft, and only Qi Mingran could hear her.

“Don’t worry.” Qi Mingran patted her back to comfort her and turned to look at Qin Shu. “Do you really want this to happen? We are all adults, you should be more mature and don’t make everyone embarrassed.”

There was an obvious reproach in his tone, saying that Qin Shu was not sensible and had to make such a scene on an important occasion.

Qin Shu sneered with disdain.

Qi Mingran was always like this. He thought that he was above others. Believing the so-called good manners, he made her give away again and again. She was required to be a sensible woman. Otherwise, she would defame his reputation.

Tsk, tsk, he was really a perfect match for Tang Anru!

Without waiting for Qin Shu to argue, Ling Mohan proudly said, “It’s not your turn to teach my secretary what to do!”

His tone was extremely domineering!

Obviously, everyone had seen through Ling Mohan’s determination to protect Qin Shu.

“Read it!” Ling Mohan said coldly to the lady with his pupils shrunk.

The lady was shocked. She hurriedly took over the phone and began to read the chat records on WeChat, “I’ve put your number into the black list. I’m not curious about anything about you …”

These were precisely the record of Qi Mingran taking the initiative to chat with Qin Shu.

As soon as the lady spoke, Qi Mingran’s expression changed drastically. He furrowed between his eyebrows heavily.

When the lady kept reading out more about what he had said to Qin Shu, everyone was astonished. Obviously, they did not expect the truth to be as Qin Shu had said.

According to this chat records, not only did Qin Shu not seduce Qi Mingran, she resolutely refused him instead.

As for Qi Mingran, he pestered Qin Shu again and again in the name of her friend, but he had a girlfriend. Wasn’t he trying to cheat on his girlfriend?

More importantly, from these chat records, everyone could tell that Qi Mingran and Qin Shu were once in a short romantic relationship with each other!

In other words, after Qi Mingran and Qin Shu broke up, Qi Mingran turned to Tang Anru and was with her, but in the meantime, he was still pestering Qin Shu on WeChat. That was going too far!

Those ladies from famous families hated mistresses and scum men the most, because they were born in such a complicated and wealthy family environment.

Normally, they would not only have to drive away mistresses from their husbands, they would also have to tolerate their husbands cheating on them. They could only undertake this kind of bitterness on their own. Thus, how could they not hate the scum guys to the extreme who cheated on their girlfriends!

“I didn’t expect the eldest son of the Qi family to have such a half-hearted character. I thought he was a good man.”

“Tsk, you think too much. Which young mister isn’t a playboy now?”

“In that case, Qin Shu is innocent. No wonder she insisted on disclosing the evidence. Otherwise, who would be able to stand being scolded as a mistress by others?”

The crowd went into discussion. Many people whispered and discussed with each other constantly.

These high-class news spread very quickly. The next day, perhaps, all the others in their circle would know that the eldest son of the Qi family made such a disgraceful joke at the banquet!

At this moment, Qi Mingran’s expression was extremely gloomy. He could not help but whisper to the lady harshly, “Enough!”

But Ling Mohan said coldly, “Continue!”

Qi Mingran’s expression stiffened. He looked at Ling Mohan angrily, but was forced speechless by his punishing and frightening coldness.

At this time, Qin Shu finally opened her mouth and said indifferently, “There’s no need to read more. Since the matter has been clarified, I don’t need to reveal any more of my privacy. I just want to tell everyone that I have nothing to do with Qi Mingran, and I won’t interact with him in the future either!”

Quite a few people nodded deeply. They had thought that Qin Shu loved vanity and wanted to marry into a wealthy family, but now they thought that she was doing the right thing.

On second thought, they realized that Qin Shu was the colonel’s secretary.

She held such an important position, and the colonel definitely wouldn’t let someone with a questionable character work for him. Otherwise, what if she divulged military secrets or disgraced the military?

Someone sympathized with Tang Anru and said, “Miss Tang is also pitiful. She was cheated on.”

“Yes, she and Qin Shu are good friends. But now things have turned out like this, it must be hard on her.”

At this moment, Tang Anru was leaning against Qi Mingran’s chest with a pale face. She frowned slightly and bit her pink lips tightly. However, she still said with a strong and tolerant expression, “Perhaps you have all misunderstood him. I believe that Mingran would not betray me. He and Qin Shu are just friends.”

Her words made her sound even more pitiful.

It was clearly Qi Mingran who pestered Qin Shu. As his current girlfriend, Tang Anru still pretended not to care about that and tried to save his reputation. How could she not be pitiful by doing so?

Right at this moment, Su Xiaoya deliberately said loudly, “How could he not betray you? If a scum cheated on you once, he’d cheat on you a second time. But you deserve it, anyway. You were a mistress yourself back then, and you should have thought about this day!”

Tang Anru raised her head abruptly and stared at Su Xiaoya.

None of the others had expected such an insider story. So Miss Tang was actually the mistress?